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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1901
Page
12
Ruf Land, a Southern railway freight conductor aged 3% years, died after falling from the caboose during a coupling attempt between train sections No. 72 and No. 73 near Ayersville. Survived by parents and six siblings. funeral arranged by Railway Conductors Order with services at his residence.
Local editor leans to a south Georgia man for governor urging a steady, dignified focus on state business. A misread New York style exchange shows a crummy joke about bathing trunks and companions, highlighting local tone and garbled OCR.
James C. Chambers, a 25 year old switchman for the Southern Railway, fell between two moving freight cars at the North Avenue crossing and was killed instantly. He had only two weeks on the job after last summer’s work. The body was moved from the tracks and his funeral set for 3 20 today at the Church of the Good Shepherd. He belonged to the Junior Order United American Mechanics and will receive funeral honors. His wife and two children mourn him.
An observer recalls a waning plot where an assassin targets a sleeping heroine, Mrs Becke, who resembles Elizabeth. The moment causes a theater uproar as the stage is paused and the distraught narrator is ejected. King George of Greece appears in the box, and the brother later escorts the shaken spectator home.
California Claret wine advertised as a table wine with fine flavor and a quart size priced at one dollar. The fragment notes a singular wine sale indicating value and product type without additional context.
In a police court scene Maggie Maggette, known as Magzie, wanders the street begging and crying. The recorder orders a thirty day city welfare arrangement, and a later bail for razzer party offenders leads to fines of 1075 dollars each. Mollie Major faces a separate beer related offense with a 100 fine, reflecting a harsh, melodramatic city beat style.
Attorneys Thomas Bielder and C Tapp, representing Walter McLane, met with his friends to arrange a 6000 dollar bond and plan defense. McLane, about 32, is jailed in the Tower after a bondsman dropped out. his wife and two children on Capitol Avenue mourn his trouble and illness in the family. Born near Americus, McLane had a prior good reputation before this trouble.
The Lyceum’s audience remains strong this week with Johnny Pare as top billed, along with La Petite Adelaide and a cast of specialty acts. The Klimt Hearn company presents Hegies Nest at the Columbia Theater all week with new plays and popular prices. Matinees set for Wednesday and Saturday. advance seat sales already heavy.
City councilors acting as recorder during Broyles's absence face criticism for lenient sentencing of drunks. Police report a fall in court fines and free pardons, with Malvern Hill sticking to the rule. Some councilors reportedly pardoned cases others had tried, prompting police review.
The executive committee met to finalize plans to execute a program for sharing information on undesirable agents. Cards will be issued to members. managers report discharges to the secretary who disseminates details to the association. The bureau aims to weed out unsuitable insurance salesmen while not guaranteeing refusal of employment. Charles A. Davis of the Mutual Life of New York had returned from Mississippi. The cotton transit issue remains unsettled with little concrete action expected.
Governor Candler warned the contingent fund and the $150 printing fund have been exhausted, leaving only $2,536.53 in the treasury. The two funds cover government expenses without special appropriations, including military expeditions. With no relief from the legislature, departments must pay postage themselves and a larger appropriation may be needed next session.
State and county tax sale notices describe multiple properties in Atlanta Ward 3 Ward 4 and wards 6, Fulton County. Listings include tax liens on numerous city lots with street addresses frontages and dimensions and notes of sale times and places. Also includes Fulton Superior Court petition for incorporation of The Inman Smith Company by Hugh Truman John Smith H C Leonard and others with capital stock up to 1 000 000 and authority to issue bonds and establish manufacturing.
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